Ciranna Bird's Speaking Events

Would you like to book Ciranna Bird for your upcoming event? Speaker fees vary based on
event location, program duration and other factors. Please e-mail
ciranna.bird(at)cirannabird.com to obtain a quote.

Food and Bacteria Awareness

Workshop: Protect your egg-laying hens and customers from Salmonella

This 90-minute workshop provided a brief overview of Salmonella, the bacteria that causes diarrhea and fevers.
We talked about how people get the bacteria.
We covered the NC laws and USDA egg handling regulations.
We highlighted the difference between large scale egg producers process of collecting eggs through conveyer belts, versus small-scale
farmers collection of eggs by hand.
We evaluated different methods of collecting and washing eggs on small-scale farms.
I provided strategies on how to limit the movement of bacteria and viruses on your farm,
and suggestions for their customers on how to cook and prepare eggs at home that reduce the spread of the Salmonella bacteria.
We had a lively discussion, where farmers shared best practices and asked plenty of questions.

Social Media for Freelancers

Build Your Freelance Business with a Strong Online Presence

During this session, Lori De Milto and I presented
online marketing tools to freelance medical writers. Lori, the author of the The Mighty Marketer:
Your Guide to Making More Money as a Freelance Medical Writer, shared with the audience how to maximize visibility
on LinkedIn and the American Medical Writers Association AMWA freelance directory.
I shared tips on how to protect their website from being hacked as well as how to recover from a breach. Then I discussed
ways to ensure a positive experience of potential customers to their websites which included the following:

Minimize the time it takes for your website to load

Structure the navigation within the page using hypertext markup language

and provide alternative text to pictures to ensure people with limited vision can easily access the content.

Five Tips to Prevent Your Author’s Website from becoming an Antique

This interactive discussion helped attendees ensure that the money and time they invested to launch their websites continued to be worthwhile months and years later.
I shared strategies to avoid becoming a hostage of website hosts, content management systems, and website designers.

What is medical writing?

I want to thank Andrea Wenger and Ciranna Bird "for their efforts in bringing the first tech writing track to the conference
...through Ciranna's participation in the panels, she demonstrated some of the many possibilities for writers to find work in unexpected places.
She showed how a mind so informed by science and data can find ways to be creative in solving problems and helping people through writing."